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 Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:04 pm
*Kero's eyes soon droop, as he slowly sinks into slumber, borne to dreamland by Emnast's voice*
Tank yew, big bwothew....*A gentle snoring fills the air*
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2009 10:10 pm
Soon Emnast's own low rumbling Zzzz's are added to the mix, Ari stirs and sits up rubbing her eyes. Grimacing she darts quietly from the cave to find her father sitting just outside the entrance.
"The chorus got to ye too, I see." he teases without looking up from the carving he is working on, he nods in the direction of the gardens and says that Passura and her sister are off gathering late season apples if she wants to help.
"If we can get enough, we'll make a pie for dinner and some applesauce to put up for when it really gets cold.
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:58 pm
*That evening, after Pasa and Mara have gotten back, Kero wakes up to find...*
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:07 pm
A sweet savory cinnamon smell permeating the cavern... Apples! And not just apples, but scent of roast pig and sage, plus the heady yeasty smell of fresh baked bread is making his stomach rumble in anticipation. His injuries are still quite painful and his vision not quite up to par, but he is feeling somewhat better... more than enough to truly appreciate the smells of a well cooked meal.
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:26 pm
**Kero's going to be blind for three days**
*Groaning, waiting for the illusions of vision to settle, Kero starts to climb up, only to have Emnast push him back down*
You don't get up until supper is served, you hear me!
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:28 pm
Passura's voice comes form the kitchen. "Emnast! Is he awake yet? Ask him to tell ye how to make gravy... I forgot and Bez doesn't know how."
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:29 pm
*Kero's voice rings out*
Use flour in the drippings from the meat to thicken it...or, if you really want some good flavor, make a blonde roux by melting some butter in a hot pan with some flour...you want a caramel color. Equal parts butter to flour.
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:40 pm
"Thank you, mes'sirrah..." comes Passura's voice in return.
Emnast chuckles softly, shifting in place. Kero can hear his movements and realizes he's still quite close.
"He's been puttering in the kitchen all afternoon. Ye've been out for hours, ye know. Ai's been up and sat with ye for a bit... so I could go help them haul the apples back. They've made applesauce, apple pies, jams and jellies... I've been watching when they didn't need my help. Those two girls are absolutely hopeless in the kitchen, but he ushers them around like a drill sergent..."
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:43 pm
*Kero smiles*
Perhaps someday I can learn from him...I'm hopeless with apples...can't even make apple cobbler...
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:49 pm
"It appears that apples or something so dang close to them as to be a kissing cousin are native to his home village region. He said something to Bez about seeing them lying on the ground and rotting... something about letting the Mother's bounty go to waste... I take it his people live close to the earth, don't they?" says Emnast with a sigh. "How can he stand it in the void... he's got to be going batty..."
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 7:57 pm
*Kero chuckles*
Remember, my office forms itself from others memories...he has a gigantic garden there...and I mean that with a capital G...it dwarfs mine...
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:03 pm
"A garden... as in Shia's or a garden as in Ai's.... I can't see him toiling in the straight and narrow... he's a reaper and a gatherer... not a sower... he." says Em chuckling softly.
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:49 pm
*Kero nods*
As in my own...cultivate what is there naturally. How...did...did Tes stop by?
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:55 pm
Emnast sighs gustily. "No... sorry... I have no way to reach her either. Do you?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:56 pm
*Kero shakes his head*
Nope...I was simply curious...she was kind of excited by the fact that she's a mama now...
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